implored
past simple and past participle ofimplore
| 单词 | implored |
| 释义 | implored past simple and past participle ofimplore implore verb uk/ɪmˈplɔːr/us/ɪmˈplɔːr/[T+ to infinitive] toasksomeone to do or not do something in a verysincere,emotional, anddeterminedway: She implored herparentsnottosendher away toschool. to beg for something or beg someone to do something
[T]literary toaskfor something in asincereandemotionalway: Sheclaspedherhands, andglancingupward,seemedto imploredivineassistance. Making appeals & requests
Examplesofimploredimplored In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Someone should haveimploredher at all costs to persist. From theCambridge English Corpus Nascent nineteenth-century sanitary expertsimploredpeople to burn as much of their waste as possible in home fires. From theCambridge English Corpus During years of bad harvests, villagesimploredthe local priest to come and offer up prayers for rain. From theCambridge English Corpus Even though multiple trade-union leaders hadimploredthe workers to end the strike, the laborers remained unconvinced and kept raising slogans. From theCambridge English Corpus It is also conceivable, given the context of an open-air celebration, that those in attendance wereimploredto join the singing of the refrain. From theCambridge English Corpus Heimploredhis brother to respect his wife's right to keep the property for the rest of her life, but the brother would not concede. From theCambridge English Corpus Wielding a mixture of filth and germ theory, and assorted forms of contagionism, sanitary engineersimploredlocal authorities to abandon tipping and adopt burning before the visitation of an epidemic. From theCambridge English Corpus Think of the fraud perpetrated on the thrifty who had beenimploredto save and not to spend. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Then the industry isimploredto reduce its unit costs of production, to improve its methods and make better use of its resources. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Even now many people in the industry suspect that the action that weimploredto be taken so long ago might be too late. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I was with him on the bench andimploredthat this offer should be withdrawn. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 His executives, who felt that readers were becoming bored with cones,imploredhim to call off the campaign and move on to other issues. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Some of usimploredthe authorities to employ women, but they did not do it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We are allimploredto save energy in every way—that is, energy from fossil fuels and electrical energy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The aged collapsed, andimploredthe younger ones to abandon them to their fate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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